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WAIFS BECOME GOVERNOR'S. Meet and Talk Over Days When They Were Street Boys in New York. Street waifs in New York in 1857 shaking hands as ex-governors in 1906, nearly 50 years afterward. This is the story of both John G. Brady of 27 State street, Boston, and Andrew F. Bnrke, Kansas City representative of the Great Western Oil company. The two.met at the Midland hotel this morning, says the Kansas City Star, and talked of days on Randall's Island, the New York home of waifs. John G. Brady is the ex-governor of Alaska. Andrew F. Burke, along in the early 9O's, was governor of North Dakota. Both were on Ran? dall's Island two years-1857 and 1859, charges of the city. Both were shipped to the west in 1859, to be given to farmers who wanted husky boys to work their lands. Both not only gained an education and wealth, but became men of influence, and each occupied a governor's chair. "There's not much to tell about those days on Randall's Island," Gov. Brady said. "Andy Burke and I were friends there. I was simply a little *mick' picked up off the streets. They <iidn't put. me in the crimnal home although the reason. I guess, is that ? they dian t catch me in ali the things I did down around the bend of Broad? way. Just those little things that kids you know, were what we were up io. Andy and I got some scolding re-got some tannings, too. Got everything we had coming, I guess. We wern't bad boys, though. ?"Along in August, 1859, the super? intendent read us a letter from a'tie ? Martin Terrell, one of the island's j boys wrho had been sent to Delphi, Ind. Martin told about the^ apples, the chickens, the green corn and the Iiorses he had to ride and drive. "I got to thinking about all those things. I was a strong boy, and strong boys have strong stomachs. Don't know whether Andy Burke neard that letter or not, but it made me decide to go to that land where all the good things grew. When the train started west, Andy was on it too. He went to a farmer at Nobles ville, Ind. I wet to one at Tipton. 'The the hard days came. I went to work deadening trees-swinging an axe. It was swamp land and the work was hard. But the land, cleared now, is the garden spot of Indiana. Andy Burke worked hard on the farm where he vas sent. "When the war broke out Burke I joined the army as a drummer boy ] and served throughout the war. He j saved the money he earned, ?nd at its close went to Asbury college. Then he left the school and got in business. He eventually drifted to North Dako? ta. I don't know all th** istory of battles there. He grew oe known, he gained friends and influence, and the whole country knows when he was chosen governor. "And me?" continued Gov. Brady. I ?"Well, I remained on the farm in In? diana until 1867. Then I became a :genuine Hoosier schoolmaster. It seems laughable now, when I look back to the days when I attempted teaching school. My first job was near Sharpesvilie. I taught that -school, then got better ones. "I had studied during ney idle hours on the farm and had gone to school when I could. I grew interested in mining and went to Alaska. With my own hands I hewed ouv^ cabin. I worked with the pick until my hands were cracked and bruised. I lived there 28 years and finally struck it. Then I was appointed Alaska's gov? ernor. "It's no use to tell all I've gone through. I've worked hard in my days. I have seen Andy Burke sev? eral times since we . shipped west Irom Randall's Island. It's a satis? faction to know, however, that two -street waifs with not a thing in the world, with hardly a friend in the world, with every obstacle to battle, "have at least made some success in the world. There's no use for any "boy to say he has no chance. The op? portunity is before him every day. The obstacles he has to overcome are not too great. There is room and ': and a place for them all." THOUSANDS DRIVEN FROM NEW Y ?RK TENEMENT BY FIRE. New York, Jan. 2.-A thousand tenement dwellers were driven from their homes early today and several whole blocks were menaced by one of the fiercest blazes of the winter. The firemen looked on, being help? less to fight the flames because of low water pressure. The streets about the fire swarmed with scantly clad people and a score of horses loosed from the. stable in which the fire is supposed to have started rushed through the crowds In a par-ic. To add to the confusion negro rob? bers rushed into the burning build? ings and began looting th? tenements deserted by the panic stricken owners. One negro was caught in the act and a dozen shots were ?-red at him as he attempted to escape. He was finai JY laid out by a policeman's club. The property loss was over one hun? dred thousand dollars. Fifty horses RAILWAY MAIL GRAFT. The Railroads Have Had a Good Thing of It-But Honest Business Methods Are Hereafter to Be Adopted. . Washiigton, Dec. 29.-It is reason? ably certain that Congress, at the ! present session, will provide by defi ! nite legislation for readjustment of ther methods of weighing the mails carried by the raHways of the coun? try. That the method of ascertain? ing the weight of the mails now is not only obsolete, but inequitable is the conviction arrived at by impartial in? vestigators The average daily weight of mail carried by a given railroad is found by weighing the mail for ninety suc? cessive "working" days. As a mat? ter of fact, the mail is weighed for 105 successive days, including Sundays, I but instead of reaching the average by dividing the total weight by 105, it is reached by dividing the total weight by 90, the number of what the law terms "working" days. Natural? ly, such a division increased the daily weight, on which the payments by the governments are based. ? - The subject has been considered by every postmaster general for a quar? ter of a century and opinions have been obtained from several attorney generals of the United States as to the legality of the methods pursued by the postoffice department. In every instance, the present method has been sustained by these opinions Con gresss never has seen fit to change the law and, consequently every post? master general has followed the meth? ods of his predeccessors in the mail weighing and payments. Recently, Representative Murdock, of Kansas, a member of the postoffice and postroads committee, delivered a speech in the House, in which he as? serted that the government annually was paying more money to the rail? roads for carrying the mails than they were entitled to. in fact, he said that in the past twenty years $40,000,000 in excess of rightful charge had been paid to the railroads. The subject has been discussed' pretty fully since the delivery of Mr. Murdock's speech, both among mem? bers of congress and in the newspa? pers. In congress a tentative, aK thougn informal, decision has been reached to change the wording of the present law so that after the act be? comes effective, the railroads will be paid, not for an average daily weight of mail struck in any sense at random, hut for an exact average, found by dividing: the total weight for a period of six months, for instance, by the couti number of days, including Sun? days, on which the mail is weighed. This, it is contended, will be fair alike to the railroads and to the govern? ment. Of course, it will reduce the railway mail pay of some of the rail? roads, but it is mantained they cannot complain reasonably, because tho? well receive full pay for the service they render. The agitation of the question of railway mail pay has induced the postoffice department to take up the subject again. In fact, it had been under consideration by Postmaster G?n?ral Cortelyou before Mr. Mur? dock delivered his speech. He' called for a report on the question from Second Assistant Postmaster General Shallenberger some time^go and now has it under consideration. It has been discovered by inquiries that a few of the big railroad systems, like the Peensyvania and the New York Central, are carrying the great bulk of the mail west of New York< and east of Chicago, while other im? portant lines apparently have been discriminated against. Why this dis? crimination has been shown will be made a subject of inquiry by the de? partment and, very likely, by con? gress. It is intimated, that some in? teresting facts may be developed. Judge Frank L. Campbell, assist? ant general for the department of the interior, has been appointed to the important office of judge advocate general of the Grand Army of the Republic. Although born in Virgin? ia. Judge Campbell was educated in Pennsylvania and served in a Penn? sylvania regiment in the Civil War. Oliver Wants to Dig Canal. Mr. W. J. Oliver, the great con traccor. whose headquarters are at Knoxville. Tenn., will probably be a bidder for the job of completing the Panama canal. Mr. Oliver is one of the strong men of the south, intellec? tually, financially and in Torce. If he g< ts the contract, even Senator Morgan of Air,barna could wish for no l>'tt^r work than Mr. Oliver will give. His confidential clerk is Mr. Gunter of Aiken county, a brother <>f thr late Col. {\ x. Gunter. Jr.. at? torney general.-Aiken Recorder. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The best paid British governor, with the single exception of the lord lieutenant of Ireland, is the Earl of Minto, who, as viceroy of India, re? ceives a salary of $75,000 a year. Till lately the mining regulations of Formosa strictly limited all mining operations to Japanese subjects; no .foreigners might participate. Now any person, properly registered under the Japanese law, can work the mines. . Baron Komura, Japan's new am? bassador to Great Britain, is known in Pekin, where he served some time as special envoy, as the "rat minis? ter," an allusion to the rapidity and subtlety of of his movements^ both physically and intellectually. Mrs. Agnes Lewis, of England, is the only woman who has received the degree of D. D., which has been con? ferred upon her in recognition of her labors in deciphering some ancient manuscripts of the Bible which were discovered in a monastery on Mt. Sinai. She is a Presbyterian, and is the most famous woman Bible schol? ar in the world. IN THE WORLD OF LABOR. Laundry workers in Fargo, N. D., are organizing a union. The International Lathers' union has 201 locals in the United States and Canad?. The dairy farmers in the vicinity of Middletown, N T., have organized a union. The Chicago Kod Carriers' union has its own labor temple, which cost $75,000. Next year's convention of the Uni? ted Textile Workers will be held in Providence. Six hundred families of weavers of Bejar, Spain, are reported to be seek? ing aid to emigrate to America. The new year will begin with prac? tically all the large cotton mills of New England paying increased wages to the employes. Tb i Coopers' International Union of North America is striving to reach the 6,000 mark in its membership and has nearly reached the goal. Millinery trimmers in Chicago are agitating a union movement.' The plan contemplates the union label in women's hats. The Rio Grande woolen mills at Al guquerke, N. M., a co-operative con? cern that has recently been establish? ed, is to be conducted on lines ap? proved by the trades unionists. The recent convention of the Sea? men's International Union, held in Boston, adopted resolutions opposing the admission of large numbers of Japanese to the United States *Clear up the complexion, cleanse -.he liver and tone the system. You can best do this by a dose or two of Dewitt's Little Early Risers. Safe, reliable little pills with a reputation. The pills that everybody knows. Re? commended by all druggists. Sweet potatoes are said to be ex? cellent material for producing alcohol, ind as potatoes can be grown in un? limited quantities, at a minimum cost, there is no reason why South Caroli? na should not manufacture denatured alcohol in sufficient quantity to sup? ply all the automobiles in the State with fuel. FRIEND TO FRIEND. The personal recommendations of peo? ple who have been cured of coughs and colds by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy have done more than all else to make it a stable article of trade and commerce over a large part of the civilized world. HOLLISTER'S Becky KSountsln Tea Nuggets A Essy Medicire for BXLCJ People. Brtog3 Golden Health and Renewed Vigor. A specific for Constipation. Indigestion. Liv?? and Kidney Troubles. Pimples. Eczema, Inp.-.;* ? Blood, Bad Breath, ShiffCwh Bowels, Headacfcs ; and Backache. It's Rocky Mountain Tea is tao j form. :;r> cents a b Genuine made hy I KOU,JSTI:3 Daco COMPANY, 3Iat?ison. Wis. GOLDEN KL'GGETS FOE SALLOW POPPIS A SQ, (JABE DEAL Is assured you when you buy one of Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines for all the ingredients entering into them are printed on the bottle wrappers and their formula are attested under oath as being complete and correct. You know just what 3*ou are paying for and that the in? gredients are gathered from Nature's laboratory, being selected from the most valuable native, medicinal roots found growing in our Ameri? can forests. While potent to cure they are perfectly harmless even to the most delicate women and children. Not a drop of alcohol enters into their composition. A much (better agent is used both for extracting and preserving the medicinal principles used in them, viz.-pure triple-refined glycerine of proper strength?. This agent possesses intrinsic medicinal properties of its own, being a most valuable anti-septic and anti-ferment, nutritive and soothing demulcent. Glycerine plays an important part in Dr. Pierce's Golden Med? ical Discovery in the cure of indigestion, dyspepsia and weak stomach, attended by sour risings, "heartburn,n foul breath, coated tongue, poor appetite, gnawing feeling in stomach, biliousness and kindred derange? ments of the stomach, liver and bowels. Besides curing all the above distressing ailments, the "Golden Med? ical Discovery " is a specific for al! diseases of the mucous membranes, as catarrh, whether of the nasal passages or of the stomach, bowels or pelvic organs. Even in its ulcerative stages it will yield to this sover? eign remedy if its use be persevered in. In Chronic Catarrh of the Nasal passages, it is well, while taking the "Golden Medical Discovery" for the necessary constitutional treatment, to cleanse the passages freely two or three times a day with Dr. Sages Catarrh Remedy. This thorough course of treatment general!)" cures even in the worst cases. In coughs and hoarseness caused'by bronchial, throat and lun? affections, except consumption in its advanced stages, the "Golden Medical Discovery" is a most efficient remedy, especially in those obsti? nate, hang-on-coughs caused by irritation and congestion of the bron? chial mucous membranes. The " Discovery " is not so good fo:: acute coughs arising from sudden colds, nor must it be expected to cure con? sumption :n its advanced stager-no medicine will do that-but for all the obstinate hang-on, or chronic coughs, which, if neglected, or badly treated, lead up to consumption, it is the best medicine that can be taken. If the sweet taste of the "Discovery," caused by the glycerine, is disliked, a few drops of lemon juice, orange or lime juice, added to each dose'will make it agreeable and pleasant and will not in the slightest interfere with its benefical effects. - - x^-*>~-?~ ..<-,-~->,. . It's an insult to your intelligence for a dealer to endeavor to palm off upon you some nostrum of unknown composition in place of Dr. Pierce's world-famed medicines which are OF KNOWN COMPOSITION. Most dealers recommend Dr. Pierce's medicines because they know what they are made of and that the ingredients employed are among the most valuable that a medicine for like purposes can be made of. The same is true of leading physicians who do not hesitate to recom? mend them, since they know exactly what they contain and that their ingredients are the very best known to medical science for the cure of the several diseases for which these medicines are recommended. With tricky dealers it is dftferent. Something else that pays them a little greater profit will be urged upon you as " just as good," or even better. You can hardly afford to accept a substitute of unknown composition and without any particular record of cures in place of Dr. Pierce's medicines which are OF KNOWN COMPOSITION and have a record of forty years of cures behind them. You know what yeti want and it is tie dealer's business to supply that want. Insist upon it. MASTER NEW YEAR in commencing an account ?t this bank on tha day of his birth has the wisdom and foresight of his fore? fathers, A SAVINGS ACCOUNT BEGUN 1907 ou the second day of the year 13 a gracious thing to do for a child. Make it a clay long to be remembered by acting on the suggestion. Years to come vrili tell the story of accumula? tions i:hat will surprise the one in whose favor the account stands. it. SUMTER, S. C. f>*BANK OF SUMTER * SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. np Cjlgippf 115 iMiiiiJilu :IS THE PEOPLE'S BANK Does a General Banking Business, allowing interest 4 per cent, per annum, compounded quarterly in its Savings Department. Centrally located and con? servatively managed. W6 invite your patronage." C. G. ROWLAND, President. R. F. Li A.VNSWORTH, Vice President. R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier. Horses arid Mules All sizes and prices for cash or approved paper. Buggies, Wagons ? Harness Agent fer IDisc Harrows, Disc j Ageut for Cultivators. Stalk JOHNSTON HARVESTING MACHINERY j Cutters' Peg Tooth j MACHINERY [ and Repair Parts ir\ < Harrows, Kinders, j and Rcpa;r Parts in abundance. ' j Mowers, Rakes, &c. j abundance. 6, 8, and 3 South Karvin Street. Eczema and Pilo Cure.; fpw .: .^*GL^-s 0 *> Knowing whal ;i was io nffrr, 1 ? P ?p*!^ * ?\V * V ' PnFl .... . -, I -'-.V -'.-!;;. si n; nu.! OUT t.< .:i,ttio. I H Uk, win .rivi- Free OS 'J.i-ir ;u ?.uv ! I. ? ? 'N-Ayn. A ...., -, - i.?t*..-.., offiicr*d a TM-sitivP rnrp -, r r .> .... , Qpit ? fiMtS* ' CHICHESTER*:* KXGLISE Rheum, Er sioelss, Piles at.u Skin Dis- ' j?v rr-\??*" i??i?*?n bun.xfcfcs? eases. Instant rehef. Don't =uf?er long- j I'1 ^ %J ?S?T?S er. Wrrto F: >V. WIL-LTA^IS. ?00 Manhai IX rt 1'. ?^-T'^wait?: ts.ii Avcnnc-. N.-^ V'orJk. '.*....! -*\ ." PUBLIC NOTICE? Office of County Supervisor. Sumter, S. C., Dec. 18r 1906. The annual meeting of the County Board of Commissioners for Sumter County, S. C., will take place at this office on Thursday, the 10th day of January, 1907. All persons holding demands of any kind against this county, not previously presented, are required by law to file same with the Clerk of this Board on or before the first day of January in order that they may be examined and passed upon by the Board at the annual meeting. W. H. SEALE, County Supervisor. THOS. E. RICHARDSON, Acting Clerk. 12-19-4t Tax Notice. The County Treasurer's office in Court House building will be open for the collection of. taxes, without pen? alty, from the loth day of October to the 31st day of December, inclusive, 1906. The levy is as follows- For State, 5 mills; for county, 3 1-2 mills; Con? stitutional School, 3 mills; Polls, $1.00. Also, School District No. 1. Special, 2 mills; No. 2, 2 mills; No. 3, 2 mills; No. 4, 2 mills; No. 16, 2 mills; No. 17, 1 mill; No. 18, 2 mills; Shiloh School District, 3 mills. 30 ce:ils capatation dog tax. A penni ty of 1 per cent, added for month January, 1907. Additional pen? alty of 1 per cent, for month Febru? ary, 1907. Additional penalty of 5 "per cent for 15 days in March, 1907. T. W. LEE, Oct 5, 1906. County Treasurer. Weak Hearts Are due to indigestion. Ninety-nine of every one hundred people who have heart trouble can remember when it was simpie indiges* tion. It is a scientific fact that all cases ot. heart disease, not organic, are not only traceable to, but are the direct result of indi? gestion. All food taken into the stomach which fails of perfect digestion ferments and swells the stomach, puffing it up against tha heart. This interferes with the action of the heart, and in the course of time that delicate but vital organ becomes diseased, Mr. D.Kauble.of Nevad?,O ,sar-: I bad stomaek trouble and was in a bad state as I had heart trouble with ii. 1 took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for about faur months and lt cured me, Kodol Digests What Yon Eat and relieves the stomach of all nervo? strain and the heart of all pressure. Bottles only. $ 1.00 Size holding 234 nrr.es the total size, which sells for 5pc Prepared by E. C. DeWITT AGO., OH ?CAGO? For Sale by all Druggists. There are more McCall Patterns sold otheUa?Bf: States than of any other make of paiten?, This is OS. account of their style, accuracy and simplicity. McCall** MagaxInefTheOueen of Fash&afrfcs? nore subscribers than any other Lacles' Magazine, gste year's subscription (u nambers) co5ts 50 Centg? La?MK Eumber, S Cents. Every subscriber gets a McCall BB** tern Free? Subscribe today. $ Lady A (rents Wanted. Handsome prcrmnwssr. liberal cash commission. Pattern Catalogue ( of ooo tiers) and Premium Catalogue (showing 400 premim sent free. Address TES McCALL CO., New Ye 60 YEARS' V EXPERIENCE. * TRADE MARK? K DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C Anyone sending a sketch and description mer quickly ascertain our opinion free whether S? . invention ls probably patentable. Commodes*, tiona strictly confldentiaL HANDBOOK on Patenta cent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific HmertoML A handsomely- illustrated weekly. Largest?SB* culation of any scientific lournal. Terms. S3 s> year: four months, fL Sold by all newsdealers MUNN & Co.3S"w?hB'- New Torfe, Branch Office. SB F St. Washington. D. CUr Fc<r rign \V> promptly obtain r> f Sand nKde.'.s?e'.^ii or ). : oto o: uj-sen.kB foi1 r free roport on oatetrtclsiirr. >o; ?r?cbcck fHowto?ecure^SAftt ta -Aritt < Patents and 3 tiRb&~i#*ft&h to f f Opposite ll S. Patent CvficeJ > WASK?^GTOW D.C. ? This is the gardening season. We have a full supply o? the best test? ed garden years seeas. t or un ii.ave "been recognized as the best. Let us sup? ply you. DeLorme's iv . Medicines.